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I want to replace Windows 8.1 that came with my laptop with Ubuntu 14.04. I keep getting a black screen with this line: SYSLINUX 4.07 EDD 2013-07-25 Copyright (C) 1994-2013 H. Peter Anvin et al

Things I did before:

  • turned off fast boot
  • disabled secure boot
  • switched to Legacy instead of UEFI (even though a tutorial I found said this isn't really needed anymore, I still did anyway because I read it from the laptop's user guide: "If you need to install a legacy operating system, such as Windows (that is, any operating system before Windows 8), Linux or Dos, etc on your computer, you must change the boot mode to Legacy support."
  • I chose to load from USB.
  • and then that SYSLINUX 4.77 EDD.... appears

I tried to install using the same USB on an old Lenovo S10-3. It worked. Though that S10-3 runs Lubuntu. Still it's probably safe to say that it's not the USB that has problems, right?

Thanks for any help. I can't wait to have Ubuntu :)

edit: This might be useful info. The USB is 16GB X-Stor Fat32. I used YUMI.

nainai
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I've installed Ubuntu on my laptop. YUMI might have been the problem. The USB is only seen when the laptop is in Legacy mode. When I boot from it, it gives me the Syslinux error. To fix this, I used Rufus and changed the partition scheme to GPT partition scheme for UEFI computer. This time, the USB can be seen in UEFI. Change the order so the USB boots first, and done. Ubuntu can now be installed.

I found the solution here: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html. But of course, instead of a Windows ISO, I used Ubuntu. :)

nainai
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